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A Bird Blog with Kate St. JohnMon, 25 Sep 2017 19:10:05 +0000hourly1By: Kate St. Johnhttps://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2009/01/08/daytime-owls/comment-page-1/#comment-198078
Fri, 03 Mar 2017 09:35:07 +0000http://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/?p=2252#comment-198078Shalonda, did the owl have ear tufts? Was it as big as a red-tailed hawk or was it smaller? … If it had ear tufts and it was really really big, it was a great horned owl. Otherwise I’ll need more information to identify it.
]]>By: Shalondahttps://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2009/01/08/daytime-owls/comment-page-1/#comment-198075
Fri, 03 Mar 2017 09:22:47 +0000http://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/?p=2252#comment-198075I was leaving for work and as I drove down the street to turn around I couldn’t believe my eyes because I never seen an owl it was sitting on the street sign sound 630 am and I leave in Memphis Tn what kind of owl did I see.
]]>By: Lorrihttps://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2009/01/08/daytime-owls/comment-page-1/#comment-163614
Tue, 04 Aug 2015 02:08:35 +0000http://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/?p=2252#comment-163614For the past three winters, (during a very cold and snowy January and February), I’ve seen snowy owls. Right around 8 pm, they would be sitting in a tree in Villa Park, a western suburb of Chicago, (Du Page County).

This past Saturday, (August 1st), I was walking my dog with a friend in Wheeler Park near the Fox River in Geneva, (a far-west suburb of Chicago–Kane County). I was in the middle of the park, (near an area where musical groups perform on a stone platform), around 7:15 pm, when I heard a noise to the east. I looked up into a very large, dead tree, (which had lost all of it’s bark and was tan-colored–maybe a Sycamore?), across an inlet of the river. There were three Great Horned owls, two adults and one younger owl. I could see them fairly clearly, the two adults with the tufts of feathers on the sides of their heads. They were there for awhile, and then flew off to the north. They had huge wingspans.

]]>By: jamihttps://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2009/01/08/daytime-owls/comment-page-1/#comment-29470
Wed, 24 Jul 2013 17:40:55 +0000http://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/?p=2252#comment-29470Thanks so much for the info we are going to check into it!
]]>By: Kate St. Johnhttps://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2009/01/08/daytime-owls/comment-page-1/#comment-29462
Wed, 24 Jul 2013 09:54:50 +0000http://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/?p=2252#comment-29462jami, based on your location I think you have a family of eastern screech-owls. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Screech-owl) They have ear tufts and are 8.5″ long (head to tail) with a wingspan of 20″ and weight 6 oz. This makes them shorter than a robin but much heavier (robins weigh 2.7 oz).

There is a smaller owl, the northern saw-whet owl, that visits Iowa in winter but is uncommon and requires wooded habitat. Its range map shows it nesting in northern Wisconsin but not in Iowa. It does *not* have ear tufts and is noticeably smaller than a robin — approximately the size of a bluebird. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Saw-whet_Owl)

]]>By: jamihttps://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2009/01/08/daytime-owls/comment-page-1/#comment-29459
Wed, 24 Jul 2013 06:35:10 +0000http://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/?p=2252#comment-29459I live in a tiny town in northern Iowa. While looking out the window last summer we were shocked to see what looked to be a couple of baby owls perched on our kids little pool in broad daylight. Now this summer there is a group of what seems to be the same owls that are always hanging out in the trees in our yard. There are always five but sometimes six of them together. Two of them look a little larger than the others.

They are very small and look to be brown. They truly are one of the cutest and most amazing things I have ever seen. Sometimes they will even sit on our camper that’s behind our house and in daylight too. They are funny little things with cute bobbing heads. They just sit in their tree and stare right back at us! Pretty weird having 12 owl eyes staring at you. Just wondering if you might have any idea what type of owl these might be? My children and my husband and I are fascinated by them and would love to learn more but can’t seem to figure out what kind they are.

]]>By: Kate St. Johnhttps://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2009/01/08/daytime-owls/comment-page-1/#comment-28897
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 22:18:57 +0000http://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/?p=2252#comment-28897Jackie, it’s likely you’re hearing mourning doves. Owls tend to hoot in early spring — even in winter — at night. By June their young have fledged (or are close to it) & they have nothing to hoot about.
The daytime owls in this blog post don’t make a hooting sound, they bark.
]]>By: Jackiehttps://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2009/01/08/daytime-owls/comment-page-1/#comment-28894
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 21:49:27 +0000http://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/?p=2252#comment-28894Hi

I have heard “whoo…. who who” near the river where I live in Nova Scotia, Canada. This has not occurred in the morning, only early to mid-afternoon. There is plenty of grassland, but we have three bald eagles, and at least one brown hawk. My husband insists the sounds come from the mourning doves we have here, but the sound is much too loud. We also have a lot of field mice…. Any information would be greatly appreciated. (Have never seen the bird making this sound.)

Thank you

]]>By: Janet Moorehttps://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2009/01/08/daytime-owls/comment-page-1/#comment-14463
Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:46:04 +0000http://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/?p=2252#comment-14463Thanks for your prompt reply. After I submitted this post, I actually was wondering if the two dark birds could have been chasing the owl as well. That seems to make more sense. Thanks for your answer!
]]>By: Kate St. Johnhttps://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2009/01/08/daytime-owls/comment-page-1/#comment-14461
Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:58:02 +0000http://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/?p=2252#comment-14461Janet, that’s a very cool sighting. Here’s my guess on what was happening.
The owl: It was either an owl who was discovered sleeping by the two dark birds and they were chasing it from it’s hiding place, or it may have been a hawk called a northern harrier who has a face that resembles an owl’s. In any case, the two dark birds were chasing it.
The two dark birds: Owls and hawks eat smaller birds, especially their nestlings, so the smaller birds gang up on owls & hawks and loudly chase them away. From your description I couldn’t tell the size of the dark birds but my guess is that they were crows or grackles or blackbirds (listed in descending size).
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